Options articles

Learning about options

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The complete options training course

Learn to trade options

Option market simulators

Options Trading Tutorials

Tutorial #1 – Start to learn options trading on Volcube

Tutorial #2 – Start learning to make option prices in Volcube

Tutorial #3 – Start learning to manage option risk in Volcube

Tutorial #4 – Become a better options trader using the Trading Performance Index

Tutorial #5 – Use the Volcube Market Mentor to learn options trading in Volcube

Tutorial #6 – How good is your option trading? And how to improve

Tutorial #7 – Volcube Option Mini-games

Options trading basics

What are options?

What is implied volatility?

What are stock options?

What are the option Greeks?

4 ways to understand option delta

Option time decay

What is option gamma?

What is option vega?

What is option theta?

What is option rho?

What is put-call parity?

What is volatility trading?

The relationship between vega and implied volatility

Managing an options portfolio

More advanced options trading ideas

What is option market making?

How tied options work as volatility trades

What is option vomma?

The hidden uses of vanna

What is option delta time-decay?

The difference between long gamma and short gamma

How to price options of differing expiration dates consistently

What is a volatility smile?

Simplifying option vega spreads

Managing an options portfolio at expiration – Part I

Managing an options portfolio at expiration – Part II

Managing an options portfolio at expiration – Part III

Managing an options portfolio at expiration – Part IV

Option trading and option strategies

Delta-neutral trading strategies

Vega-neutral trading strategies

What is a call spread?

What is an iron condor?

What is a straddle?

What is a risk reversal?

What is gamma hedging?

Gamma hedging trading strategies : Part I

Gamma hedging trading strategies : Part II

Gamma hedging trading strategies : Part III

Gamma trading and option time decay

Learning to trade option strategies : Call spreads as volatility trades

What is option skew trading?

What is option put skew?

What is gamma trading?

What is delta hedging?

Delta hedging with options

How and why option delta can change

Call spreads and put spreads: option trading essentials  

What is option pin risk?

Miscellaneous options and trading related material

Advice to quants about to be interviewed

The difference between theoretical and market value

10 ways to trade options

Recommended reading about options and trading generally

Interview with Dr Euan Sinclair, author of ‘Volatility Trading’

Implied volatility calendar spreads and political events

Moving from the back office or middle office to the front office

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